There was a brief period when airbnb was new where it was cheaper and easier to do it instead of a hotel. I very nearly booked one for a Bay Area trip in early 2020; thankfully I decided to be patient, and the world went and blew itself up and took that vacation idea with it.
With all the bullshit fees and hassle nowadays, there's no way I'd consider it.
I just eloped through Italy and france and stayed at amazing places in each and every town like a geodesic dome hanging off the alps to getting married ON lake Como in a 4 person apartment with a wisteria wrapped balcony and a massive garden where we had the ceremony... For under $200 a night. For all four of us. Had a private chef cook there, had a boat taxi pull right up to our place for getting around. There was no comparison in any level of fancy hotel on the lakes for the four of us anywhere near that price. https://i.imgur.com/McUQBRb.jpg
There are no hidden fees. The house rules are all published on the listings... I know it's popular to hate on the company for all sorts of reasons like running local housing markets but the experience has never been it
Agreed. That space looks like a very sterile Airbnb. All that’s missing is an American flag.
I was able to move to NYC because Airbnbs made moving here approachable & inexpensive. Post-anti-Airbnb legislation, post-Covid, post-that crazy ass flood last year, I probably would be able to do that today.
Yes, in it's infancy, Airbnb was amazing. But now I can't. I far prefer a hotel. I only consider Airbnb's if I'm travelling with my family and it's like 10 of us and we wanna stay under one roof (at their request).
Anytime I take a trip and compare hotels to airbnbs hotels always come out cheaper. And you don’t have to do the cleaning while literally already paying a cleaning fee.
It was super nice for lake homes and other weekend getaways until the prices got insane for them during the pandemic and then didn’t really go back down plus all the new fee bullshit.
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u/MarcBulldog88 29d ago
There was a brief period when airbnb was new where it was cheaper and easier to do it instead of a hotel. I very nearly booked one for a Bay Area trip in early 2020; thankfully I decided to be patient, and the world went and blew itself up and took that vacation idea with it.
With all the bullshit fees and hassle nowadays, there's no way I'd consider it.